Coursework: Print brief research and planning
Front cover 1) Research TV listing magazine front cover key conventions . Find at least five examples of TV listings magazine front covers and post them to your blog. This will give you a good idea of the type of magazine you need to produce. 2) Note down the design elements you notice in each front cover example you research and look for aspects you can use in your own work (e.g. camera shots, page design or cover lines). The subjects are giving a direct mode of address with them constructed in the center of the page. The cover lines are placed around them. Colour schemes match with each other. 3) What key conventions can you find across different types of front cover - e.g. title placement, cover lines, main flash or cover line, date/price/barcode etc. All the titles/masthead are placed at the top. Cover lines are placed around the subject and not overlapping on their faces. The main flash is placed beside the main subject, referring to them in the copy. The date/price/ba